Polaroid Originals says the camera features a fixed-focus lens, a built-in flash, USB charging and a self-timer. The battery life is rated for up to 60 days and the lens has a focusing range from two feet to infinity. It works with Polaroid Originals i-Type film as well as 600 instant films.

Speaking of films, Polaroid Originals is also selling a special edition film. The color I-Type film comes in packs of 8 and features 16 different designs inspired by various locations throughout Hawkins, the town where Stranger Things takes place.

The Color I-Type Film Stranger Things Edition is sold individually or in packs of three for $16.99 and $48.00, respectively. The Polaroid Originals OneStep 2: Stranger Things Edition is sold on its own for $109.99 or with a three-pack of film as a 'Starter Set' for $157.99.

Bxllocks to this - the Instax Wide is just as awkward to carry about with you but gives you a big photo too, sharper results, faster developing time, richer fuji colours, cheaper film, accurate exposure, reliable mechanics etc etc. Recently got an 'pre-loved' older model IW for $30 delivered. Polaroid Originals needs to realise that the mechanics are just a part of it, ultimately people will use it less/stop using it if the film is expensive, awkward, potentially wasteful, and ultimately the results subdued bordering on dull (which isn't what you think of when you think of polaroids and colour film).

Oh, come on... Photography can be fun. I like it when it is fun. Sometimes it's high-stress work for me. I don't like that kind of photography but I'm good at it and it's for work, so gotta. I love Instax/Polaroid and other fun stuff like fisheye lenses, Lensbabies, etc. Loosen up, D7000.

I have a D7000 too. I only use it for one thing but I'll never let it go. Know why? I crank ISO to 6400 or Hi1 and shoot B&W (in RAW so I could always edit to whatever, but that's not the point, lol). I love the D7000 BW grain. Shooting that way has a nice BW film-like feel. None of my other cameras give me the same BW satisfaction that my D7000 does.

It's fun. My D500 will blow it away in everything else. Ironically, I really DON'T like the D500 or D7500 grain. I think it's inorganically ugly and very digital-looking. But very accurate color and good color noise control. But for BW, my D7000 is my go-to.

Bummer! Meh, I'm not all that familiar with Fuji, but I do love their lenses and I've been really pleased with the look/feel of the images when I've had the chance to play around with them. Does their BW grain look film-like?

No wonder we have not sent anyone back to the moon...innovation has disappeared, take an old product, put the labels on incorrectly and that's it? Name a new invention in the last 40 years that is not a derivative of previous technology, aside from the public facing internet.

....Or Guarantee they don't eat them? Or that they don't insert them in an orifice that may or may not be one of their own? Hey?? Because if you Can't offer that guarantee, then the whole thing's obviously futile and useless.

Exactly Alex it is just a fun thing. The oldest instax images I have are about five years old and they look just as good today as they did when I took them. I give them to complete strangers just as a way to meet and I don’t know it is good fun.

My point actually was , that in Instant photo old days , these images were the only option availeble (thus kept guarded in albums) , more overe the paper itself was cheaper to give away the images. I feel that today it is costy and up to some point useless to share the images printed to memorize a party.

IDK. I just returned my OneStep+ (would not feed film, which seems to be a concern with these). Maybe I'll get another one later on, but after screwing up 2 film packs (and $25) I'm done for now. Probably defective rollers as someone had indicated elsewhere online, but I guess in reality, I'll just stick with my 35mm film camera for analog photography for now.... At least the per-print cost is much lower and the prints are much bigger.

Try an instax wide if you get the hankering again. The 100/200 models are selling used for around $30-60 online and mechanically they're identical to the current model. Runs on AAs, nice big'ish film size, fuji colours.

So I ended up getting a replacement OneStep after trying out the Fuji Instax Wide (which apparently you can't turn off the flash as it's automatic as to whether it fires or not, so I returned it). Luckily the replacement OneStep+ works fine. I also tried the 600 type film instead of the i-Type film so I don't know if that made a difference. I'll probably buy another pack of i-Type filim and try it just to make sure.

True that - You can force the flash on, but not off. I have found the exposure to be spot on though, forcing the flash on has led to washed out skintones, i'd expect forcing the flash Off would've lead to some drastic underexposure given the limits of the aperture and shutter speed settings. Good luck and Good Fun most importantly, with the OneStep+!

True, but I just like having control over the flash, versus having it choose for me. I'm sure for landscapes in good light the flash on the Fuji Wide won't fire, but at least with the OneStep+ I can explicitly disable the flash.

I first heard it amongst people talking sneakers, then headphones, first time I've seen it when talking about cameras... That Merriam Webster link seems to indicate it goes pretty far back within the fashion world tho, go figure.

Considering how popular the show is (I'm a fan,) this product branding/alignment makes sense. And personally, I think "eleven" should run for president. Hey, if we can elect crooks, actors, entertainers, sex addicts, then why not a fictional character? I mean, most of Washington DC is fiction anyway. Hell, with her powers, ain't nobody going to mess with her, or us.

Way cheaper, and more fun, instead of this very small Polaroid Format (i wasn't a fan of this within the 80's - also color accuracy, consistency with Polariod isn't being great anyway) - just get a analogue SLR <insert your fave brand here> with a 50/1.7, 50/1.8 or 35/2.8 prime lens, perhaps even a zoom, and start your Fun with analogue Photography!

It does have much better IQ than these Polaroid Cameras, with their plastic lenses, much more 135mm Film choices, and way cheaper, than this so called "Starter-Pack".

For instance, one can get a SLR with 50/1.7 prime for around =< 20 Bucks, buy a few Rolls of Film (Ektar, XP2, HP5+, Delta, Formapan etc) and start the Fun!

For starters, try it without Film first, to train the eye, without wasting precious Film.

My Mother usd a Polaroid back into it's heyday, but i was never being satisfied with these cheesy small pictures, and then the Quality of these Pictures....but for the sake of "instant-photography" it might do the trick. ;-)

Okay. I never had Fun with Polaroid, >3 decades ago....i can assume, ppl are having fun, and Instax is perhaps better into 2019, but for myself personally, i wouldn't like a) this kind of quality and b) such a small size.

Yes, it's nice for making "instant" pictures, as a memory, a reminder. But look at the image, i do see vignetting, a particular unsharp image, the trees are mushy, the texture details on the houses....lacking a lot details, etc...well, it does look like a Pocket 110 shot, which i've made into the early 80s for fun, even that had seriously more details, and was being more sharper, albeit into sunlight.

As a postcard memory, this picture works, but any 35mm SLR can produce better quality images.

Yeah but it's still more expensive than 35mm (assuming a roll of 24 exposures costs $15-20 let's say, to develop, cheaper if you do your own). Yes that's not the point obviously, but if one is serious about using the OneStep (or Polaroid film in general) they must consider the per-print cost, which comes out to about $2 per print.

Well Yes of course it's about the fun of it (of course, for me, there was no fun because I some how had a defective one, which I returned and haven't replaced yet). Burnt through two film packs trying to figure out what was wrong and essentially found there was something wrong with it not being able to pick up the film / eject film. Maybe I'll try again in a few weeks....

No I just took it back. After playing around with the cartridges for almost 2 hours I just gave up. I've tried an Instax 300 wide, but found you can't turn off the flash apparently.

At this point, yeah is sucks that the film was $30 and essentially got wasted, but it could have been worse I guess. I'm just letting it go as there are more important things to be irritated about. Again, I might try a Polaroid again in the future (of course, if I do, I'll try one film pack first, but at least I know that some have issues with rollers, from what I've read, and usually right out of the box).

I guess the first clue, was that it could eject the black slide perfectly fine (on the ONeSTep) but couldn't eject the flim after that. which would make one thing that the roller can't grip the glossy film, ie. a roller issue. I will likely exchange the Instax for another Polaroid this weekend and give it another try (as the flash thing is bothersome on the Instax). Great camera, although it's about the same size, if not larger, than a small DSLR. The OneStep is a bit smaller than the Instax Wide.

The original One Step 600, such as mine from the early '80s, has rollers coated with a rubberized material that has some grip to it, so it can grab the picture. Also, it is necessary from time to time to get a Q tip dipped in alcohol and clean the rollers of the white chemical gunk, otherwise it makes marks in the images.

The newer ones use metal rollers, which from what I saw, were very slippery (they were aluminum probably). It also could have been a mechanism that is used to pick up the film from the tray, as I would hear a click and then the rollers running but nothing would come out. Either way, it was taken back, and I'll probably return the Instax as well and try another Polaroid again (on the Instax, you can't turn off the flash). It is possible that the issue I had with the Polaroid could have been a defective pack set, but after $30 I wasn't willing to try any more, at least with that particular body.

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